Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000520/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Markéta Gregorová (Verts/ALE), Virginijus Sinkevičius (Verts/ALE), Damien Carême (The Left), Marina Kaljurand (S&D), Alexandra Geese (Verts/ALE), Kim Van Sparrentak (Verts/ALE), Lucia Yar (Renew), Danuše Nerudová (PPE), Reinier Van Lanschot (Verts/ALE), Anna Cavazzini (Verts/ALE), Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Verts/ALE), Ana Miranda Paz (Verts/ALE), Vladimir Prebilič (Verts/ALE), Jonas Sjöstedt (The Left), Christine Singer (Renew), Bruno Gonçalves (S&D), Elisabeth Grossmann (S&D), Catarina Martins (The Left), Birgit Sippel (S&D)
In 2023, the Commission concluded that the United States offered an adequate level of data protection, adopting its adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF)[1]. This decision has been heavily criticised by privacy experts and Parliament[2]. In its periodic review, the Commission indicated that the ‘continued effectiveness of the DPF depends on its robust enforcement’[3]. However, recent decisions by the Trump administration to dismiss three members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board puts into question its independence[4]. On top of that, the last safeguards relying on US executive orders are being threatened by Trump’s decision to review security-related orders within 45 days[5].
- 1.Does the Commission consider that the current US administration can uphold appropriate standards equivalent to those in the EU?
- 2.Is the Commission ready to provide legal certainty in case of a cancellation of the adequacy decision based on the current events?
Submitted: 5.2.2025
- [1] https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_3721.
- [2] Texts adopted, P9_TA(2023)0204.
- [3] COM(2024)0451.
- [4] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/trump-privacy-civil-liberties-oversight-board.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare.
- [5] https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/01/23/trump-rollback-jeopardises-eu-us-data-transfers-key-privacy-activist-says.